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The Disappearers

內容簡介

內容簡介 出自《七殺簡史》布克獎得主馬隆·詹姆斯之手：一部關於 1980 年代牙買加一名同性戀男子被殺害及其悲劇性後果的推進式小說。1988 年，八名男子在牙買加京斯敦開始排練一齣戲劇。這些男人彼此素不相識，每個人參與的原因也各不相同。但他們都共同擁有一個無法逃避的事實：他們所有人都是同性戀——在牙買加俚語中被稱為「batty man」——並且所有人都必須與這項事實所暴露出的危險進行抗爭。某天晚上，當這些人聚在一起時，一群暴徒殘忍地襲擊了他們，並殺害了其中一人。對倖存者而言，他們的康復既是身體上的，也是情感上的：隨著身體的痊癒，每個人都在努力應對這場襲擊所顯露出的暴力、仇恨與憤怒。有些人試圖忽視這場襲擊所揭露的一切，而另一些人則加倍採取報復行動。在《The Disappearers》中，馬隆·詹姆斯寫下了一個引人入勝且充滿深厚人性關懷的故事，講述了男人們為了在他們所處的社會中生存，而被逼做出社會所要求的妥協。這既是一部充滿戲劇性、讓人忍不住一頁頁往下讀的翻頁書，也是對 1980 和 1990 年代牙買加酷兒生活一次毫不畏懼的探索。From Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings: a propulsive novel about the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its tragic consequences.In 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play. The men are strangers to one another and each has a different reason for being involved. But they all share one inescapable truth: All of them are gay -- a "batty man" in Jamaican argot -- and all of them must contend with the dangers that such a truth lays bare.One night when the men are together a mob savagely attacks them, killing one of the men. For the survivors, their recovery is as much emotional as it is physical: As their bodies heal, each man grapples with the violence, the hatred, and the rage that the attack made plain. Some try to ignore what the attack unearthed, while others double down on retribution.In The Disappearers, Marlon James has written a riveting and deeply human story of men forced to make compromises to survive that the society they live in demands. It is both a dramatic page-turner and an unflinching exploration of queer life in Jamaica during the 1980s and 1990s.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Marlon James is the author of the Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings; the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf; the New York Times-bestselling Moon Witch, Spider King; The Book of Night Women; and John Crow’s Devil. In addition to the Booker Prize, his novels have won the American Book Award, the Los Angeles Times’ Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Born in Jamaica, James lives in New York City.

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最佳賣點 : 布克獎得主馬隆·詹姆斯最新力作！帶你重返1980年代牙買加，目睹一場針對同志的殘酷襲擊如何撕裂八位主角的人生。這是一部驚心動魄、直面酷兒生存困境與社會仇恨的震撼小說，揭開黑暗中為了活命的妥協與復仇。

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